A short presentation on the 1 Big Database
BathNES, Rainbow Resource and Wellbeing Options

Minutes:

The Forum welcomed
Gemma Vittozzi from B&NES Council’s People and
Communities Communications Team.

The People and
Communities Communication team provide information for all ages and
needs. The team are responsible for maintaining, reviewing,
promoting and updating the information held on One Big Database
BathNES, Rainbow Resource and Wellbeing Options

One Big Database
Bathnes supports local families with information including
registered childcare, parenting support, activities and clubs, news
and calendar of local events, baby and toddler groups and much
more.

Rainbow Resource
provides information about organisations, activities and services
for children and young people aged 0-25 years with special
educational needs, disability and those requiring additional help.
This includes inclusive activities, SEND information, news and
events, parenting support and much more. The Rainbow Resource card
entitles holders to concessions at several local organisations.

Wellbeing Option
provides a wealth of information for adults (or their family/carer)
needing support to live a full, independent life. Wellbeing Options
provides information about local activities, clubs,
‘What’s On’ and care
and support providers.

Paul Humphries from
Avon Fire and Rescue provided their latest update on work they that
they are involved in within the Bathavon Area. I have included this
operational update as an attachment. The number for any person
wanting to arrange a free home fire safety visit is 0800
1693999.

Age UK B&NES is
local charities who are reliant on funding to provide twenty
different services to older people.

The Forum welcomed
Janet Dabbs from Age UK
B&NES with an overview of the many services they offer
to manly the over 55s across the B&NES area.

The ‘Home from Hospital Service’
has been running for twenty years and now works with the health
services and the local authority (Virgincare) at Paulton and the
Royal United Hospital.

Work is carried out by a team of about twenty
people to provide a service for helping people who are going from
the ward of a hospital back to their home. There is a variety of
support that helps individuals with medication, staying warm and
standards around the home.

The service can be provided for a period of up
to six weeks, this can be every day if needed. The support is a
transition period that allows people to build in confidence and
receive help and support alongside statutory services.

Home response is a service that prevents
people from going into hospital. There are a number of ways that
can help with this, lunch clubs, befriending, working with GPs and
connections for people are all such examples.

Networks can tend to disappear as people
become older. Age UK looks to help people that need advice, this
could be help with the entitlements to benefits that people are
unaware they can claim for. The visits that are made to people in
their homes can pick up all sorts of issues.

Age UK are keen to receive feedback for on
issue that are local to the forum area, this could be help finding
volunteers, help with groups and working together with those in
need.

A discussion with the B&NES fit for life
team to allow the forum to feedback on local ways that the
community are participating in fitness activities on a day-to-day
basis.

Minutes:

The Forum heard from Marc Higgins on how the
Council wish to follow on from the Fit for Life Strategy. Marc
spoke about the wish to take an new approach going forward, working
closely with communities on how existing facilities in local areas
(including cycle paths and safe walking routes) might be used to
get people moving in ways that suit their own pace and
lifestyle.

Fit for Life is the approach from B&NES
Council which is looking to understand the activities that
residents are taking part in to become more active. The idea is
that everyday activities will be seen as an opportunity to move
more and sit down less.

Where good ideas already exist there is
keenness to harvest these and replicate them in other places. These
could be ideas such as walking football and the good gym where
people fitness is being developed.

Many of the resources that already exist in
small villages need to be recognised, this could be outside
facilities such as public rights of way, parks and Bathscape. The
interest around places to launch canoes and access to the water
spaces in general need to be included.

Through the Area Forum the Active Leisure Team
wishes to pull together local ideas and understand any barriers
that prevent participation.

The refurbishment at the Sports Centre in Bath
continues, the swimming pool will reopen around the end of May
2017. There are successes in the new gym, new spaces created for
social activities and new the ten pin bowling area.